Listeria anxiety

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suzannes11 wrote:

Is anyone else having crazy anxiety about listeria?

I had some time to kill between work and yoga on Wednesday night and was hungry, so I got a veggie sandwich from Submarina for dinner. On Thursday I had diarrhea twice and vomited twice. I had some minor body aches but no fever. Now I’ve been getting heartburn after eating. I am so paranoid that it’s listeriosis, but my mom, boyfriend, and Grandma all say that I’d be much sicker than I am.

I’m having a hard time with anxiety this pregnancy because I had two miscarriages last year. One at six weeks and one at ten. I’m currently 18 weeks and 4 days and we have our anatomy ultrasound scheduled for Friday.

I periodically scare myself into thinking I have it about twice a trimester, lol. I think you’re okay and maybe had a touch of food poisoning. I usually get heartburn now after I eat. I’m 33 weeks with didi twins. The only case of listeriosis I’ve ever heard about was in Texas and the mother was verrrrry sick. I think you would know if something like that was going on. I’ve had diarrhea my entire pregnancy as it definitely sucks! I remember I ate something from this place across the street from work. It was sooooo good, but that night I vomited and had diarrhea. I think sometimes baby just doesn’t agree with what we want to eat, haha. I literally though I had listeria....again...last week. My spouse just keeps telling me “You’re okay babe”. I think if you are cautious and aware then you’re okay. Hang in there mama!

I am anxious about everything, due to my miscarriage in July. I am concerned, but just try to follow the basic food rules. However, my husband was SO nervous early on. I mean, everything i ate he would ask if i washed, asked me to double check all the time if i could eat certain foods, and when we would cook steak or burgers would cook mine to the point in was crunchy. Lol. He just is so excited about the baby, and so concerned about me, that it was cute, (annoying, but cute). He eased off a bit when we got further along!

My boyfriend has been the same way - I was trying to relax my aching muscles in a warm (not hot!) bath the other night and he started knocking on the door after 5 minutes asking “are you sure you should be in a bath that hot for that long?” Definitely sweet, but totally annoying. He’s so excited about the baby!